This site is sponsored by the San Francisco Radio Club W6PW and is located at the SF Veterans Administration campus.
Location
San Francisco Veterans Administration Health Care System
4150 Clement Street
San Francisco, CA 94121
- North-West corner of the San Francisco.
Contact
Antonis Papatsaras AA6PP
aa6pp@aa6pp.org
Network
The SFVA Network is broken into two logical segments:
- AREDN Network: Mesh-associated and accessible nodes & services.
- Internet/WAN Gateway via Cradlepoint.
- Primary Internet provider is Comcast.net (at SUNSET).
- Secondary Internet provider is Sonic.net, Verizon LTE, AT&T LTE, T-Mobile LTE (at SUNSET).
- Secondary Internet provider is Sonic.net, Verizon LTE, AT&T LTE, T-Mobile LTE (at SFVA).
- Non-AREDN LAN: Isolated network for non-Mesh services (Echolink, WIRES-X, et al).
- Internet/WAN Gateway via LiteBeam 5AC Gen2.
- Primary Internet provider is Comcast.net (at SUNSET).
- Secondary Internet provider is Sonic.net, Verizon LTE, AT&T LTE, T-Mobile LTE (at SUNSET).
- Secondary Internet provider is Sonic.net, Verizon LTE, AT&T LTE, T-Mobile LTE (at SFVA).
The LiteBeam 5AC Gen2 at the SFVA is connectied via a 5 GHz 802.11ac link to a matching LiteBeam 5AC Gen2 at SUNSET.
Nodes
Roof
The following nodes are mounted on the roof of the building.
W6PW-SFVA-5G-SECTOR
- Ubiquiti Rocket M5 XW.
- MikroTik mAND 19s 19 dBi 120 Degree beamwidth antenna.
- Channel 179 (5.895 GHz)
- 24 VDC PoE from roof-mounted NanoSwitch.
W6PW-SFVA-5G-SECTOR-171
- Ubiquiti Rocket M5.
- Ubiquiti AM-5G17-90 17 dBi 90 Degree beamwidth antenna.
- Channel 171 (5.855 GHz)
- 24 VDC PoE from on-site UPS AC Power.
W6PW-SFVA-2G-SECTOR
- Ubiquiti Rocket M2 Xm.
- Ubiquiti AM-2G15-120 15 dBi 120 Degree beamwidth antenna.
- Channel -2 (2.397 GHz)
- 24 VDC PoE from roof-mounted NanoSwitch.
Repeater Closet
The following nodes are mounted in the Repeater Closet.
W6PW-SFVA-ERX
- Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X SFP.
- 24 VDC Power from UPS AC Power.
- Provides power to NanoSwitch on roof, which in turn powers 2G-SECTOR & 5G-SECTOR.